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first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
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or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — •►  (meaning    CON 
TINUED"),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

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de  la  nettetA  de  l'exemplaire  filmA,  et  en 
conformity  avec  los  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

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papier  est  imprimAe  sont  filmAs  en  -ommenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN  ". 

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filmis  A  des  taux  de  reduction  diffirents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  il  est  film*  A  partir 
de  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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IN  THE 


SPEECH 


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HON.  C.  W.  CATIICAin'.  OF  IXDIANA, 


ON 


THE    OREGON    QUESTION. 


DELIVERED 


IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  TUiDAY,  FEBRUARY  6,  1846 


WASHINGTON: 

BLAIR  &  RIVES,  PRINTERS. 

1846. 


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Till'  ri'sfihili 
All  liix.  ii' 
llni.'iiM  (if 
i<riniii:ii''  1 
iiliri>'_Mtp  I 
considcnit 

Mr.  <'.\T 

ns  (i>lliitts: 

Mr.  f'li  MI 

f^tni'.ru-lc,  iiiiil 

Kivr'     |iu.~s 

liMruri's  as  il 
I  Imisr  (liirin 
nivc  iif  iiotli 
liyNliiMilir,  11 
(lii/.cM  (ir  t\V( 
cwli  inorc!  ( 
liiiir  .■^pi'i'di, 
<lro]i  in  iipnii 

vifr:)    !l(|ii|p|ci 

Mr.  (_'liMirm 
l.'iM-h  at  thr  ( 

I  SCO  .'iroiii 
"  v.;iiliiiu;  till' 
iriy  d'cliii'^  a 
iiiil/avor  lo  I 
Ln-i'l  lll,lt,\VM 
tilric,  1)111  diif 
ii('i'iiiniii(iilat( 

Should  I  s: 
vvlih'li  a  UTst 
I)*'  nll.iwod    II 

llntnidill!;  Ill) 

luilil  llic  pri'i 
iillsidcM'rd  a: 
l)P.t  sit  il  is;  I 
idv.-iiilairp  of 
till    door  „i 

'  Niiiijil 
loid  llic  ;lo\v  ( 
I  hi'  "  liarvcsi 
fr'^ii'li'iurii  wli 
111  till'  clcvriit 
cr  ill  a  W(  ll-ri 
i'oclry  and 
lordiii  llnir 
nii'^hl  "  poiii 
ihosc  roiivcii 
Airirrii'iM)  (!au 
(il'iiii  drawn  r 
iSi'rr.'un  of  llir 
lars  of  thin  i 
Allp^^llany   to 


THE  OREGON  QUESTION. 


rill'  rr  "iliiii'iD  fiDin  till'  Cnmitiincf  mi  iMiri'i'^ti 
All  lii'^,  i'''i|iiiriii'^  till'  I'li'siilciil  In  iiiiliry  (irriU 
riiii;iiii  <it'  till'  iiiiriili'iii  III'  ilii'  I'liilid  Siiiiis  111 
IfTininMU'  llir  jiiitit  i)i-i'ii|i;iiiry  ii'"  <  )ri'.,'iili,  mid  In 
iiliiii'.'ittc  iIh'  riiiivcniiiiii  III"  IH-.'T,  lii'iii'j;  uiiilcr 

CDIIsidinilidll  in  ('nlimilllir  nl'  ihr  Wllnlf — 

Mr.  ('ATIl(.'.\ll'r(il>lahKdtlu.n(M)r,an(lHii(ilvc 
[IS  liillows: 

,\!i-.  CiiMUMw:  My  lilV  tins  lircii  one  riinliniKil 
ini'.ru'li',  and  yl  I  iinisl  lie  )>(rniilii'd  to  say,  tlial 
I    liavi'    pa.-scd    llu'iiii'^li    1111  sccnr   lim'lolon;   so  [ 
s(niviiiL'-!y,   siron'.;ly    rolorid    with    sn-io-coniical  [ 
riMliircs  US  lliat  wliirli  wn  have  wilMcssiMl   in   this  I 
liousr  (Inrin::  llii'  liisi  few  wcidcs;  mid  i  ran  roii-  | 
livr  of  notliiiiu:  sn   ludirrfiiis,  lo   a   disinun  stcd  ; 
liyslandiT,  ns   tin;  sinuiliancons    clliii'i   of  soinr  i 
do/.cn  or  two  of  nuiiilii'rs   lo  oliiaifi  llic  lloor,  as  ] 
(acli    more    rortunatr    coiniKtilor    I'oncliidi  il    his 
iiiir  s]iciidi.     ir  our    lioinsl   conslitii"'n!.<   roiild  ! 
(Ini|i  in  iipoii   lis  and  sec  and  h<'.ir  tlir  fnrioiis  ili-  | 
viiM's  adoiiicd   liy  many  lo  olilain  %'oiir  n  sponsc,  ! 
Mr.   (.'hairman,   1   am    snri',   thmiirh    thry   niiichl 
aiiL;h   It  the  Carci',  ihuy  would  pily  tlw  artors.  j 

I  SCO  .iroiind  inc  already  many  anxious  farcn,  i 
'  wailini;  llicir  lurii."  and  as  tlic  li,  si  ividcnrr  oil 
iiy  li'clinu:  appn'rialion  of  their  .silualiim,  I  will 
eiid.avor  to  lie  as  luief  as  possible,  and  only  re-  ' 
ret  that,  wiieii  I  ^lilali  have  <iij(iycil  my  allotted  ^ 
lime,  hut  one  of  ii  iiosl  of  elever  I'ellov.s  eaii  he  . 
iircommoilated. 

Should  I  sav  that   nii'desty — a  i-li;ir:ielerislie  for 
wiii'di  a  wiMlerii  pnliiii  ian  is   iiol  apt  t<i  rereive  or  ; 
l)e  allowed    niui'li  eredil — lia.s   pi-evenied   me  from  j 
iMitriiilini;  my  eriide  opinioi^;  upon  the  commiiiei 
iniiil  ilie   present  momeiii,  I  fear  that  I  nii'.rht  he  | 
roiisidered   as  Iresjiassiii;;  upon   ymir  iiidulicMice. 
I'.i't  so  it  i.s;  and  to  hay  thai  I  did   not  Ii  el  ihe  dis-  | 
iitlvania^'n  of  my  present  position,  eomini:  upon  , 
till    door  111    this   late    lionr,  woultl   he  di  nyim;  to  : 
myself  simple  justii'e.     ,\fier  the  '"least  111' reason 
lud  the  ;low  of  soul"  whiidi   has  heeii   hron^'ht  to 
the  '*  harvest-home''  In  this  dehale   hy  those  aide  | 
treiidemi  n  who  have  i!;one  liefore  me,  I  nov,-,  almosi  \ 
111  the  eleventh  hour,  eoine  in  as  the  lininhle  ^leaii-  j 
<'r  in  a  well-reaped  field. 

I'oelry  and    prose,  hisinry  and   fiel ion,  have  af- 
li.rilrd     lh(  ir    rii  h    eontrilmlion.-',   wherever    they! 
im'j;lit  "point   a   moral   or  adorn  a  tale."     I''\en  ; 

losR    ronvenieiit    sourei  h    oI*   poelie    faney,   the  i 
Auieriean  eajile  and  the  I'.riiisli  lion,  liave  heen  rn 
ol'ieii  drav.p  upon,  thai  the  mar  o|  the  one  and  the 
M'riani  oi"  Ihe  olher  nov.-  I',\ll  powerless  upnii   the  I 
rars  of  this  eommiltee.      l''roiu   ihe   apex  of   tlie  | 
Alleghany   to   the  summit   of   .Mount  Hi  nd,  the 


I'ird  of  .Ainerii'a  lias  xo  ofieii  hren  made  to  take 
(liirhi,  that  his  shadow  may  he  saiil  to  Jirne  worn 
a  trail  aero.-s  the  liasin  of  ihe  .Mis.-issipjii;  ami  ihn 
poor  lord  of  the  hiasts  lias  heeome  .so  familiar 
willi  the  noiiit  of  ii  liiekory  pole  and  of  an  ash 
splinter,  tliat  he  lias  slunk  away  to  his  lair,  and 
tlii.'io  let  him  lie  for  the  halanee  of  iiiy  nllolttd 
hour. 

I'ottry  has  heen  all  the  ra^'e  in  this  dehale;  hihI 
siiiee  it  IS  said  thai  a  man  had  as  well  he  out  of  the 
world  as  out  of  the  fashion,  I  inn  mus!  use  a  very 
little;  for  really  there  ha.s  heen  hut  little  left.  1  be- 
lieve there  yet  remains  some  of  the  poetry  of  the 
IJoiindheads  and  Cavaliers,  a  few  of  the  I'saliiis, 
and  the  old  diity  ff  IJarhara  .Mien.  One  ihini,'  of 
the  latter  1  shall  monopolize,  and  leave  the  halafiee 
lo  those  who  may  eonii'  after  me.  Well  then,  sir, 
"  'Twas  in  the  iiii-rry  month  of  May,"  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  H4-1,  thai  two  ennveminns  or  pnlitieal 
•.,MtherillLrs  were  held  at  naltiiiinre;  the  out — irot 
up  with  all  niau'iiifieenee  and  display,  ni~d  sur- 
rniindeil  with  pau'eants,  Imll-hails,  and  liiifi'alo 
liuiils — seeineil  called  lo^^ther  hy  the  liiirh  pri.sts 
of  the  Self-styled  WIul.'  parly — for  whal.'  Let 
their  deeds  iiiiswer.  They  look  Clay,  niid  mnilo 
unto  themselves  a  ijraven  inuii,'e,  and  cdled  upon 
all  the  people  to  fall  down  anil  worship  it;  hut  they 
toiiml  ihcniselves  in  the  predicament  of  him  who 
"called  ihe  spirits  from  the  vasiy  deep,"  and  the 
spirits  would  mil  come!  i'hey  stayed  away.  Ala.s, 
alas,  poor  Yorick  !  lint  the  oilier — what  did  they 
do.'  Why,  sir,  they  took  for  their  standard-hi  arer 
(if  we  are  to  helieve  those  who  have  u;one  Ik  fore 
ns)  a  tliird-rate  man — a  man  unknosMi  to  fame, 
and  iindeserviirj:  the  cniifidence  of  hii;/  purlij.  Wl.o 
does  not  riiueinlicr  their  I:  nniin:^  (|uerv:  "Who 
is  .laims  K.  I'olk  r     Win.  is  James  K.  I'olk  r" 

How  slri'nu;e  a  duly  will  devolve  upon  the  future 
hisioriaii  \\  hen  he  shall  come  lo  record  the  evenw 
of  the  last  li'w  years.  What  have  we  seen?  W.'iat 
do  We  iioic  see  in  this  House.-  'I'hose  very  ;;riitle- 
meii,  who  wi're  so  very  i'^nnranl  ahmil  Mr.  I'nlk 
a  liw  short  mniiihs  a^n,  are  now  ready — ay,  itux- 
imis — to  place  the  destinies  of  this  people  upon  tin; 
:;rave  ipieslinii  of  war  or  peace  in  his  hands.  Yotl 
are  told,  sir,  mo.si  iiathelicaliy  of  the  horrors  of 
war;  that  under  its  ilark  frowns  all  thai  are  Idessed 
and  worth  hlessinu;  on  earth  must  willier  and  jmt- 
i.-h  like  eliaif  ht  fore  ii  seven- liie.cs  heiited  funiacp; 
I'lal  111  irive  iliis  notice  \y  w.ar.  And  \ei  these  im- 
maetih'.le  aposlles  of  cnnsisieiicvare  w  illinir  to  vote 
this  iremenihins  power  into  the  hands  of  this  very 


K .  1> 


Lei  Ih 


It, It  tin  ir  query. 


.iiid  from  their  own  mouths  shall  they  he  answered. 
Janus  K.  I'ollc  in  so  liii;h  in  tlie  confidence  of  the. 


\Vlii;V  parly-  llml  lliry  nliximi-ly  sfi  k  tn  jilarr  llir 
sudid  V.  Iiicli,  IrnpiiiL;-  fidiii  its  .-ciililiani.  will  lii-iii'_' 
tip  ill!  niiLilily  ((Millict  two  ul' liir  i:i'c:iti.sl  nalimis  ot' 
till  I  arili,  iii  liiN  liiuids.  Ho  imn'li,  sir,  for  a  Wlii;; 
niiswcr  in  a  Wl  i::  inicry. 

I!ul  \vli;ii  said  wir  Wlicii.iicndiliirliialiioclioii, 
Nvliiiii  /ij((/  (/lie  fiiil  at  Irasi  ill  imr  |i(ilitii'al  liistn 
ry — anil  that  was.  that  tlic  |irii|i!«'  cinilil  sricrl  tlitir 
own  cai.ilidatc  as  well  as  « 1<  it  liiii' — llic  (;iii'sliiiii 
was  asked  iif  us,  "  Wlm  is  Janus  K.  I'nlk  :"  I 
tan  spciik  tor  nuscit",  sir,  and  I  wmild  li(p|ic  (or 
rvcry  d(  niociat,  wiuii  I  say  that  I  told  tlinii  in 
brill'  that  111'  was  I'olilii'ally  a  sound  dciuorral; 
morally,  not  only  iiiisuspci'lrd,  Iml  al>ovi'  Mis|ii- 
cani:  and  thai  hi  .  and  I. is  jiarlv  with  him,  almvi' 
all,  wt  re  in  t'avor  ol'  thr  orru|ialion  o('  Ori'i^oii  and 
the  anm  xalmn  of  Tixas;  ih:il  he  had  the  lirnini  ss 
so  to  avow  )iini.--(ll',  whin  olhris  wi  ri'  Iriinniin.: 
Ihrir  .sails  to  imIi  )i  tjir  jioliliral  lijasl;  and  that  to 
this  he  owr.s  his  |!|rs(;nt  i  livatid  |iosilioii  raiiiiol 
be  di'iiicd. 

What  said  the  llaltiiiion  roiivinlinii,  whiili  noin- 
iimtcd  him,  on  this  suliJ.iM  .-     I  Irii'  it  is.  sir: 

"Ihsolviil.  That  our  lull'  to  tin  wholt:  ot'tlp  ,'on 
'  i.s  (dear  and  uiii|U('stiohal)lf;  that  no  |)orlioii  of 
'  the  same  ouu'hi  tnlir  fidid  to  Kni^laiiil;  and  that 
'  llir  ri'-ocru|iaiioii  i>t'(>r<'i;on  and  llir  n-aiinrxalion 
'  of  Texas,  at  the  earliest  prai  liralile  |ieriod,  are 
'  jjrcat  Ainerii  an  inciisures,  whieli  this  eoiiveiiiioii 
'  recoiiiineiids  li.  the  rordial  mi|i)ii'iI  ot'  th(' di  nio- 
'  crary  ol'  the  Union." 

Mr.  I'olk  was  ell  rted  on  this  is.siie,  advaiii  id  it 
in  iiis  inaiiiriiral,  and  ai,'ain  in  his  .M' ssa.Te,  and, 
with  a  view  to'earry  it  out.  reioinnii  luls  this  no- 
tire  li)  lie  iriveii.  .And  the  (|nisiion  is  put  to  us  as 
ihe  re|)reMiilaIives  of  the  Anieriean  |ii  ople,  wheth- 
er wc  will,  or  will  not,  respond,  not  onlv  to  hiin, 
.■^ir,  hut  to  ihc  .\nii  rieaii  ]iioplc,  who,  with  waiiii 
liearls  and  stroii!.'  hands,  hid  us  i;o  on  and  I'nllil 
iheir  deeree:  it  is  said  that  llio  voiee  ol'  the  pi  o- 
jile  is  tiie  viiiie  of  Ciod.  'J'hen  wo  to  the  liaek 
ward,  for  tie  inilii;-iiant  frowns  of  iiullions  ol' free- 
men are  Ujnin  them. 

It  may  not  he  disguised  that  tliei-f  is  diversity  of 
opinion — shall  I  say,  sir.  upon  the  iiKihtti  (ijnruutli 
liy  whieli  we  shall  aii|uirethe  Origin  lerritory  .- — 
and  diversity,  too,  ainoii'.'  those  who  were  so  unaiii- 
nioii.s  upon  il.s  twin  iinasnre,  tlie.  aniiexalion  of 
Texas.  And  this  eulls  to  mind,  sir,  a  very  eliasle 
and  elassie,  remark  of  a  ijeiilli  iiian  from  Virginia, 
|Mr.  I'r.XDLKrox.]  i  ijiiote  his  words,  sir:  "It 
'  was  said  early  in  the  diseus.-ioii  thai  this  Ore^'on 
'  (lueslion,  and  ihni  of  Texas,  were  horn  end  eia- 
'  ult'd  in  the  lialtimore  Convention  of  IH44;  Iwin.s, 
'  as  mv  honorahlefiiend  from  AlassaehiiseitN  says: 
'  <iro,  lie  miiihl  with  inori;  preei.se  ai'eiiruey  li.ive 
'said,  out  of  a  very  niinu  runs  I'ltUr  of  as  nioii- 
'  .strous  politieal  ahsurdilies  as  any  i mielavc,  liy  so 
'  rapid  a  parturilion,  ever.vyji/iriui/  upon  llie  wurid." 
A  htlir  spawned  I 

Why,  Mr.  Chainnan,  I  urn  reminded  liy  this  of 
the  I'ae.l  ihai,  in  tin:  distriet  wliieh  the  iri  iillemaii 
reprosciils,  instead  of  feeiliiii.'  upon  tin;  wholesoine 
flesh  of  the  lio^'  and  other  i|uai!rupi  ds.  llnir  main 
Kubsi-slenee  is  the  "  rotonme  rohin,"  aliis  the  lier- 
Tiiij,';  and  in  this  fishy  xiiiool  the  frenllinian  mi  nis 
to  iiavi!  learned  his  iilea.s  of  ri|iiodr,rtion,  and  lie 
liven  us  a   siieein.eii 


ha.s 


1 


a  t'li.al  (lili'ereiRe    *•  liel 


knohs  aloii^  the  I'oioniar  river;  and  I  only  rojrit 

tliJit,  for  the  eredil  of  ,i  iiorii f  tin-  Old  |)oiiiin- 

ion,  the  L'eiillemaii   liail   not   del'ern  il    his  s|ii'i'i'|| 
until  al'ler  the  fishing'  season.     'J'he  i,'eiiileniaii  Ims 

I  1,'iven  us,  too,  anollur  version  of  the  story  of'-Jo. 

j  nail's  swallowiii!,'  the  whale,"  when  he  spi:ik»  iif 
Mr.  I'olk  as  one  of  this  Ullirsiuiiniiil.  Wliy,sir,lii' 

I  must  he  u  !;r(  at  fellow  for  fish,  this  Mr.  'folk;  hi- 

'  has  swallowed  tlie  leviathan  of  wlii^L'ery,  ears  iiml 
all,  without  1,'reasi'  or  pimiini;  liaek  ;  and  some,  nf 

'  the  .'enlleniairs  friends  are  yet  wailin;;  iiis  rieeoiid 
aiUi  lit ! 

'I'lie  ireiillem.in   is  pleased  to  advert  to  what  lii> 

,  ealls  the  aiiL'rv  and  eonleniliin;  fartimis  of  the  |)i m- 
oeratie  party  upon  this  i|Ue.-tioii  of  notice.  Iji.s 
"hope  is  fallier  to  the  thoii'^hl;"  In:  need  not  lay 
the  (lalleriiiL'  uieiioii  to  his  soul  llial  we  will  so  far 
I'ialify  him  and  his  friends,  and  so  far  jnove  rei'ii- 
ant  to  the  jrieal  trusts  reposed  in  us  hya  eoiifnliii,' 
and  iri  Herons  eonstitueiiiy,  ,i.s  to  array  oiirselvi- 
ill  l'ailion.<,  and  to  tear  down  the  fiir  lemplc  so  well 
hi  uun. 

Ihii  should  we  do  so,  sir,  what  is  lie  nnd  liin 
pariis.iii  eoadjiitors  to  lake  liy  that  niotion  .'  Arr 
they  united.'  Who  does  iioi  reiiiemher  the  hilar- 
iiess  of  his  remarks  to  some  of  his  ahle  l'ello\v-la- 
liorers   in   the  eanse  of  moilerii   v\hiLri,'ery — tliiwc 

who  were  with  liiiii  in  kiepinu;  Texas  out,  die 
t.irili"  up,  fietiiiii;  Mr.  Clay  in  if  they  I'ould,  and  in 
every  sense  were  as  .Sinioii  I'lire  Whiu's  as  hiiii.self- 

I  I'lie  phantom  whieh  m  ems  to  oppre.ss  the  vivid 
iniaLri nation  of  the  i;eiiili man  i.~  the  idea  of  a  srram- 
hle  anion::  the  Dinioiraiy  for  the  next  PriMihiicy, 
vvliile  he  has  to  sland  hy,  as  we  say  in  the  West, 
"like  a  liouiid  hoy  at  a  hnskiiiL'."' 

'I'he  ;.'enlli'iii;ui  ii.-ks  iiow  are  we  to  iupct  Great 
I'riiaiii  in  Orepm;  or,  in  other  words,  iiow  arc  we 
ti.  U'l  t  there.-  Ill'  undersl;(nds  the  /i.s/ii/ ronle — llie 
naile  hy  sea;  that  i.s  perlielly  familiar  to  him;  and 
he  si".;y;e:,ts  Hood  and  valid  ri  asoiis  show  in:;  v\'liy 
we  eaiinot  i;o  that  \\  ay.  I'lit,  sir,  there  is  aiiiither 
route,  wliiili  I  shall  i!esii:na!e  the  ifni.s.v;/ route;  and 
this  route  is  to  liini  iin'ompreheiisihli';  and  why? 
ijieause  as  pork  is  displaied  over  the  river  hy  fixhi 
HO  ijrass  is  hy  sedfre;  and  he  h;is  not  found  out  the 
many  useful  |iiirp>ises  to  whieh  it  may  he  applied, 
rsow,  let  nie  tell  the  ;:enlleman  and  this  eomiiiiltec, 
that  from  the  prairie  on  whieh  1  reside,  nearLiike 
.Mirhi'.;an,  to  the  Columhia,  with  very  hrii  f  inter- 
Viils,  you  find  a  natural  nianlle  of  the  most  luxuri- 
ant verdure  eoverinj;  the  face  of  the  eouiitry.  Thai 
ill  tin;  siimniir  season,  any  ininiher  of  nitlle — 
thousands  and  leiisof  tlious:iiids — may  he  suhsisted 
aloim  the  roiiie;  that,  with  their  aid,  nur  liaidy 
western  rilh  men  ean  transporl  all  the  muiiiliiiiis, 
Ae.,  neei  ssary  to  a  mii  ressi'ul  eampaii;n;  and  tiial 
they  Would  jioiir  down  upon  the  niinioiis  of  Ihiti-sh 

'  power  from  the  slop.-  of  the  mountains,  as  IVapo 
leon  did  upon  the  Miiiny  plains  of  Italy.    The  tiiiln 

I  of  the  (diase  and  liie  hardshi|is  of  u  frontier  life 
leive  liroiii^hl  into  i  xisleiiie  a  rate  of  men  particil 
larly  well  ipialifnd  for  siie.h  iin  ailventure— uild 
they  will  do  it! 

A  Word  more,  and  I  will  leave  that  i;riitlenian 
lie  liiis  v\  ittily  alluded  lo  my  eoilia:;ne's  eelehraled 
"Anieriean  iiiulli|dieati>in  tahle,"  and  has  enjoyed 
a  llii'i:  at  our  wo.ihy  Chief  Ma::isliate  anil  hcorfr 

eiiowayhy 


un  lold   that   thej-e  ,  t.uy  of  .Slate,      lie  says  that  I 


01   rullier  fi.>l 


ore   and    alter    meat. 


,  hie 


leipiire  Oregon,  exeepl  hy  the  opt  la- j 


1,   among    the  people   of    iht  .•jterile    lion  of  ihi.s  tahle;  and  thai  he  is  really  ui>pithtil- 


iiMil  I  only  rrjrM 

'  III''  Ol.l  Del,"!,,. 

n(  (I    Ills  sjiicili 

<■  l^liltlllllMM  lllis 
'ic  .sl(i|-y  iir''J(i. 


I'll     ln'     S|.|ilkil   (l| 

<(/.  Wliv.sir,!,,: 
ii-*  .Ml.  P'.lk;  li,. 
iii:irii  y,  cmi-.s  ami 
k  ;  unci  Sdiiiit  (if 
iiitiiii;  liis  ;!uc.on(l 

virl  Id  wlml  \\,\ 

inns  (if  llii'  I  )i  Mi- 
ni' IKilicc.  Ili^ 
lir  ||<-<'(I  Milt  lay 
ml  we.  w  ill  NO  far 
I  tar  |iriivi;  rrnc- 
IS  liy  a  coiilidiii,' 
iinviy  (uirsi^lvi . 
lir  ttiiiidc  so  well 

is  III'  mill  his 

iiinliiiii  •    Ait 

iiIm  r  ihr  liiiiir- 

iililf  I'l  llii\v-la- 

liiir:,'cry— thdst 

'(j\as  mil,  ill!.' 

ly  rmilil,  anil  in 

;;s  lis  liiin.-irji'' 

rr.ss  llif  vivid 

..liii  I  if  II  scraiii- 

ir\l  I'ltMiltiicy, 

ill  lilt;  Wist, 


'I'. 


nil 

'y 


to  Pirrt  Great 
irds,  how  are  we 
■  I'lsliy  route — tin- 
lilinr  to  him;  and 
is  .show  iiiu;  why 
,  llicrc  is  iiiuilliiT 
if/'K.s.v;/  riiuti,';  and 
sililr;  Mini  wliyT 
thf  river  liy  lisli,^ 
Kit  roiiiiil  iiiil  llie  J 
may  lie  ii|i|ilied.  I 
1  ihi.s  coiiiiiiltle'',  I 
I  siili',  iicarLakf,^ 
very  lirii  t"  iiiliT-^ 
ihi:  iiioKl  luxiiri-? 
!•  roiiiitry.  Thai  j 
llnr    ol'   riittlt:—  : 
limy  lie  .suhsisleil ; 

nil],  our  hardy ' 
I  till'  niiiiiiliiiii!<, 
>|iaii:'ii;  nliil  thai 
iiiioiis  III'  liritisli 
it^iiiis,  as  Na|iii. 
Italy.  TinMiiiU; 
it'  II  iVoiilitr  li/f ' 

of  111!  11  |mrtiiMi-i 
nilMiiturc— and 

tlint  ;;nilli'ni;in. 
'file's  I'l'li'lii'aled; 
iml  has  cnjiiyod 
ilrali;  anil  .S '.'ro- 
ll SIT  no  wa\  hy 
|il  liy  lh(!  (i|iiia- 
'c'ully  iijiiiieheii- 


Nive  llinl  if  wc  li.'ivn  to  ilijiiiiij  ii|ion  llic.  two  u'i'ii- I 
tli'iui  II  iilioM'-iiirnlioiii'ii,  lliiit  Clncrii  Vii'toriii  nnil 
Mr.  I'i'(  I  W  ill  ln'iii  us  Mt  lliiit,  Sohii'llilii;:  in  ll  lit. 
Mr.  ('Imiruinii;  Iml  liow  loiriMy  roiilil  Mr.  I'olk 
retort  ii|ion  liiiii,  "Ami  thou,  loo.  I'.nii IIS.-"  Why, 
sir,  I  iini  told  that  tliat::eiilli;iiiiursloiie,sonu.'  heiutli 
is  lis  sail  ii  (lii  lure  its  i  ••  "r  was  seen  of  llit;  tlilcls — 
sir,  tilt'  tniiil  of  I  ll't'i'ts  of  "  Love's  liilior  lost." 

iN'ow,  sir.  It)  t'onie  iiiii'k  to  lliise  twill  lueasurts, 
or  tiro  iiiea:  tins,  if  you  |deiist'.  Tht'  tine  lias  bet  ii 
I  oiisuiuliiiitt'il — Tt  \iis  is  iiiini'Xtil — slit-  is  one'  oC 
us,  anil  \vt'  iirt^  iinxioiisly  wailiii;,'  Cor  tlic  ailvt^il 
niuoiiu' us  of  111  r  ri'|ire;tt  iilative.4  in  Imili  ends  of 
lllis  ('a|iitol. 

What  I  )i'iuorral  IVoiii  llic  .South  rt  liiikiil  the  ar- 
ilurol'lhe  \Vi:l  in  ihtMiuryin'-C  nt' lliis  iin  asiire.'  I 
a|i|Mal  to  you,  ^elitli men  of  the  South:      Did   you 
not  then  feel  |iriiiiil  to  tall  us  lirollnrsr     And  iliil 
not  voiir  i.iil.^e  lieat  lii'.;h  ns  you  saw  our  uii(hiiiiit-  - 
ell  front,  iintl   llie  viuoj-  with  which  wi:  presst^l  tin 
the  t'ldtuiin  .'  J)iil  we  halt  liy  the  way  side  iiiid  .<iy,  ' 
the  linif   is   iiol  yet-     Did  we  |irelentl  to  he  with 
ytiit  as  to  the  tnil,  lail  eavil  as  to  ihtt  uiealisr    No, 
sir,  no  !    I'lit  tVoiii  |>i'aii'ie  and  wooil,  hill  ami  dale, 
the  Deiiioeraey  sent  U|i  llieir  liallli-cry-— Texas  and 
()i'eL;(>n,  Oreiroii    and   'i'exas.     'I'exas  we  liavt — 
(>i'e'_'oii  WI'  look  lor.    Will  yoii  "kit  p  tlif  word  of 
inoinise  to  till-  tar,  and  Imak  it  to  the  lio|ie.-"     1 
Know,  lis  a  hotly,  you   will   not;  Init    I    should   lie  i 
lirouil  to  see  tile  entirety  of  the  'gallant  South  lead-  ' 
in:;  the  van  in  the  assertion  of  our  ii:;lit  to  On 'ion, 
ami  in  the  iulo|ilioii  of  the  iiieasiiri  s  rreoniininiled 
liy  u  souilii  rn  I'resiilt  nt  for   the  asseilion   of  that 
ri;;ht.      llo'A-,  then,  would  lie  rolh  tl  liaek  ujion  the 
disiiMionisis  of  the  North,  the  trrave  eharue  brouirlit 
iiL^aiiisI  you,  "that  you  were  elaiinisli  in  your  I'eel-  ' 
iii'is  anil  St ctioiial  in  your  iiatriotisni."  j 

Anil  now,  sir,  I  ho|ie  my  inotivis  may  be  |irii|>- 
1  r!y  a|i|irt  eialeil   in   advtrtin^j;  lo   the   remarks  of  j 
S'lnie  of  tilt;  ;,'i'nlleineu  from   the  South,  who  have 
dillert  ll  fi'oin  the  maiorily  of  us  u{ioii  this  (|ueslioii.  ' 

'J'lie  s|iirit  of  tilt'  \\'t  St,  its  I'lithiisiastie  ill  volion 
to  the  irlory  and  ;;ranili  ur  of  our  eoiumoii  eountry , 
anil  l!ie  i'iilal';:emi  lit  of  the  bniiiiils  of  eivili/alion, 
and  tilt;  i'X|iaiision  of  our  reimbliraii  institutions, 
has  lieeii  cilli'il  a  war  s|iiril;  ami  we  have  been  read 
l(  iliiit's  u|ion  the  horrors  of  war,  anil  the  bli'ssiiii;s 
til'  iieaee;  ami  told  that  by  llie  ilt  eisive  aetioll  wliieli  ' 
\\t'  are  iiboui  lakiiiir  we  lia/.ard  i'\erytliiiiu  uml  I'mi  ' 
pain  nothiii;,'';  that  wi.sdoui  dielates  u  eoiirst;  of 
"liiaslfrly  iiiae'ivily.'' 

Sir,  was  it  by  tin's  siiiiiuo  eoursf  thai  we  ;;aiiit  d 
our  |ire.>enl  iiali  [leiiili  lit  txisieiiet'  as  the  fri  ist  ami 
lia|ijiiest  111  ii|ili'  111  I'iirtlir  Was  it  by  iiiaiiivity  thai 
^^  e  SI  all  ll  our  title  to  be  consiih  ml  one  of  the  lirst, 
and  L,reatt  St,  and  bravesl  |n  ople  uinli  r  lieaven'.s 
sun  : — in  a  word,  was  it  by  niasti  riy  iiiai'tivity  that 
we  ai'i|uiriil  Tt  xas.-  An,  .sir,  tin!  l!ul  by  action 
— eiii;r;;i'tii',  lu'tion  I 

I'tai'e  is  one  of  tilt;  ':;reale'-:t ,  a.nd  be-;',  null  Indi'  si 
irlfts  of  Heaven.     iS'tver  shall  1   talk  lightly  of  itn 
blessili;is.      Would    to    I  leavi'll  thilt   its    beiiii;naiit  ' 
sinilt:  might  forever  rest   u|ioii  all  the  idiildreii  of 
iiii'ii!  I 

r>ut,  .sir,  it  ni'i'il  not  bt;  disf;iii,sed — the  (liiy.s  of  , 
the  uiilli  niiium  have  not  yet  arrived.  AVe  must 
oi'iasioniilly  brave  war  ami  all  its  horror.s,  or  sink  i 
into  eoiituiiii  ly  and  enuteui|>l,  anil  befome  a  by-  i 
wortl  and  a  re|iroai  li  amoii^  tliu  nations  of  tin;  | 
earth.  I 


We  arc-  asked,  .sir,  if  \ye  t  \prtt,  by  L'iviii^  tlii.^ 
Iiotit'f,  to  ilis|iossi  SN  I'',iiu:laiiil'  .And  ni,'aiii,  if  wi; 
sn|i]iosi'  th:it  we  eaii  elli  il  our  |iiii|iose  by  reniliii'.; 
law  lo  the  liritish  troo|isf  Did  we  not  read  "our 
law''  to  iMi'Xii  11,  bai'kiil  as  she  was  by  both  Kii;;- 
laiiil  anil  l''rani't  .'  Ami  did  we  not  inseribi'  the  sec- 
ond edition  in  legible  iharaelers,  by  the  l''iot-|.riiit.s 
of  an  .'Vnii'ii' an  solilitry  in  the  sands  of  ('or|iuM 
Clirisli,'  What  western  man  then  heltl  biiek? 
What  western  man — or,  I  should  rather  say,  wesl- 
ern  dt moerat — then  held  the  c did  shoulder  to  yoti, 
ai.dtalleil  this  a  souilitrn  measure.'  iVoni',  HJr; 
nolle,  at  least,  in  lln  ;:allaiil  Stati  w  liieh  1  have  the 
hoiior  in  part  to  re|iresent. 

So  bitterly  oji|iosi'il  i.re  llir  leaders  of  tin;  AVhi'.^ 
jiarty  in  the  st  eiion  of  eoimlry  I'roiii  whieli  I  hail, 
to  tlie  ri!iliietion  of  the  tarill'to  the  ri  vt'iiui;  stand- 
ard, and  so  vi  ht'inent  is  their  hate  towards  South 
('arolina  for  the  stand  she  has  taken  upon  this 
siibjei;!,  that  their  bitleiest  term  of  reproai'h,  as 
they  I'onsider  it,  has  lit  in  to  ilesiirnali'  a  Demoi'.rat 
a  .South  Carolina  politii-ian.  Sir,  I  have  borne 
this  name  in  latiniile  forty-one  and  a  half  for  years; 
but  I  nally  have  lietn  appri  Innsive,  lately,  that  1 
shall  be  tom|M  lied  to  ask  my  Whi;r  friends  to 
aiiit'iiil  tht;  litlt'.  I  enii  staiiil  a  ijood  ileal  from  tin; 
Lrallaut  palinitio  .State — my  sympathirs  have  been 
with  111  r.  1  have  seen  her  fields  deserttil,  anil 
her  ])ala('eH  made  lies. .late,  by  tin;  iron  heel  of  the, 
oppressor.  I  have  seen  the  ailvaula^^es  wliieh  God 
has  i;iv''ii  her  Iraiisferreil  to  re;;ions  less  favored 
by  iiati  *t',  under  tile  opt  ration  of  oppressive  eiiaet- 
ments;  .mil,  al'li  r  a  loin:  and  anluons  struu':;le,  I 
have  I'oiiie  here  now  iiistrni'ted  to  do  her  Jiistiee. 
Texas,  Ori'u'ou,  and  the  tarilf.  with  tht:  other  threat 
niea.-iures  now  before  us,  shall  each  in  their  turn 
receive  or  meet  with,  from  me.  such  aetioii  as  an 
honorable,  and  just,  and  Ikhih  fnli  iiiterpretatioii 
of  tht:  issues  place. 1  by  mir  natioaal  conventioii 
before  the  American  piojile  shall  retiuire  at  our 
hands. 

I'ut  lllis  iloclrini'  of  "masterly  inactivity;"  1 
eaniio!  find  it  in  the  jiroceeilin'.'s  of  the  Deniociatii; 
coiivt  ntiiMi.  I  may,  however,  see  room  for  its  in- 
I'erenct;  t'roiii  the  nei^lect  to  mention  Texas  and 
()re;,'on  in  the  proceetlinusof  the  W llii; convention; 
but,  sir,  that  is  not  the  chart  wliicli  1  steer  by. 

Mastt  rly  inactivity,  when  the  ri'.;bls  of  my  cnun- 
Iry  uru  at  stake!  VViiy,  sir,  the  idea  is  saciile- 
u'lons.  Then  is.  liowiver.  soun  ihinu:  superlative- 
ly ridiculous  ill  this  iileaof 'iiasterly  inaciiviiy  and 
bedchamber  diplomacy.  Why,  run  the  one  into 
the  otln  r.  and  a  jiir^'  of  old  women  would  declare 
you  ileraim;t:il. 

We  are  told  to  remain  tiuiet,  and  that  Orerjon 
will  be  coiU|iit  red  in  our  bidcbambers.  Sir,  ilo 
iCentlemen  ftiruiet  that  ine  bedchambers  of  lUir  own 
citizens  are  now  in  Ore^^on,  unprotected;  that  they 
are  surrounded  by  the  crealiires  of  a  foi'ei;;n  eor- 
porali'in;  that  they  cry  aloiitl  lo  us  for  protection 
ironi  the  wilderness;  and  that  it  will  be  a  burniiiLr, 
s.'iu'cliinu:,  bl.istin^  .vhame  upon  us,  if  we  heed  iheni 
not.' 

It  is  true  that  we  of  the  West  have  a  jiarticular 
anxiety  upon  lliis  suliject,  not  because  we  look 
upon  it  as  a  western  measure,  Itut  because  t>iir 
brethren,  our  I' ieiitis,  and  our  connexions,  have 
cast  their  lot  on  the  other  sitle  of  the  Koi'ky  moun- 
tains. I  know  some  of  these  people.  They  were 
of  those  who  lieljied  us  lo  reilaiiii  one  wilderness 


— a  lliililc,  'j-ilii  THUS  MCf — ;i  riu'r  sent  l;(  I'lirc  tin' 
)iiii:-si  s  III'  rivili/.(  il  lilr,  iiM  lln  cIhvc  iViim  ilic  over- 
ciiiwilctl  iirk.  'I'liry  riiiiu'  lint  iinck,  Imt  luut' 
Jill'  111  (I  llicii-  trills  ill  llic  l';ii-  West.  Slmll  \vv  iiul 
kirp  (Mir  iiivi'iiiiiit  willi  lluiiir  Slmll  wr  nut  |iiii- 
Ircl  Aiiicric':!ii  riti/rtis  I'lioii  nil  Aitn'rii mi  sciilr 
Kiir,  iiciiw  illisliiiuiiii'j:  the  linlisli  iiiiiiislrr  liiis  IimiI 
lunsl  iililc  MSsislniliT  nil  illis  llncir.  \rlirir.  I  Mill 
tVl  I'  to  M(llllit,   I   lllillk   III'  Inil    lull    lilllr  liixlll  III  r\- 

]ii  Ti  it,  V't  wliiit  licis  liri  II  till'  i<  suit  111'  nil  iiiir  ill- 
v< sii','iiiiiiii .'  'I'liiii  ilir  linlisli  |ir('t(iiiT  111'  mil'  is 
like  till'  liiiM  less  t'ulirir  of  a  (Iriiiiii ;  tliiii  it  is  mily 
siriiiii;  (  iiiiuv;li  In  lie  iiLuiii  iii  words,  liy  ii  s|itrics 
(if  I'oiili  iii|ililili'  s|iiriiil  |il<'iiiliii^'.  uiiworiliv  111'  tilt' 
IioIHUmIiIi'  l'r|ir('Si'lil;ilivc  III"  IIIIV  111  li'U'alilr  lialioil  | 
— ilisiTpiilalili'  ill  M  riiiiiitv-i'oiirt  |iiltiro;;i.'rr.  i 

I  shall  not  ariTiif  tlu'  iiurstimi   of  tillr  at   liir^lli.  I 
It  wmild  lie  Mil  act  "f  sii|i<'nrii;,Mtioii  on  my  |iMit  | 
nl   this  liiiu',  al'irr  llic  alilr  cxiiositimis  wliirli  \\c  \ 
liM\r    liaii,  liotli    ri'oill    tlir    I'Ai  rillivc    aiiii    in    tlii.s 
J  jail.      I'm  I  iiiiisl  III'  iH'i'iiiillril  III  allililr  to  one  jut-  • 
sitloll  ot°  till'  111  ilish  llllllisll'l".  Mill!  I  lio  this  liri'Milsr,  ; 
"  ill    a    iiutsliril,'"   it    shows    a     iicrlirl    s|i('i'iiii(li 
of  till'  iiMluic  of  tin:   Urilisli  siilr  of  lhl^  (lucsliou. 
ll.sMVs: 

I.  The  Aiiifrii'Mii  titli'  is  not  ;;iiiul  a^'iiiiist  (jrcal  i 
Pu-itaiu,  hiM'ausc  it  is  iiironsisliiit  witl;  that  of, 
S|iaiii. 

'i.  'I'lif  SpMiiisli  title  is  not  iroiiil  a'_Miiisl  fireat  ' 
rinlain,  liii'attse  it  coiillirls  with  tliMl  of  the  L'liited  , 
SiMles;  Mild  I 

'A.  TliMt  lienre  the  British  title  is  i^oml  aLTaiiisI 
hoth.  I 

Here  wc  lia\e,  sir,  a  new  versimi  nf  the  old  sto- 
ry  of  the    Imn-nwed   pot.      A    lawsuit    mii'i-    t  ink 
|ilaee,  involviiii:  the  (HU'slion  of  datiia'jfs  on  a  lirn-i 
lien  11(11:  and  the  leanieil  atlnriiey  nf  the  defend- 
ant liieil  his   defeiii-e  as  follows;    I'''irst.  thai  the  iint  | 
wa.s   lirokeii  when    he  liorrowed  il;  secondly,  lliat  ' 
it  was  whole  when  he  retiinud  it;  and  tliiriHy.  liial  1 
lie  had  never  iiail  it.  '  ] 

N'l)  one  denies  our  n'^ht  to  irive  this  notice. 
Then  why  not  L'ive  it.-  Amnii,'  the  many  (tn  me) 
stiainre  and  inciiiiiprelK'iisililc  reasmis  Viven  liy 
gentlemen  ai;ainst  this  measure,  inuie  is  more  so 
than  lliiU  i^iveii  liy  two  or  three  of  the  irenllemen 
who  have  preceded  me,  and  which  is,  in  siili- 
stance,  that  i  onsisleiicy  re(|iiires  of  them  that  they 
vole  on  the  side  contrary  to  that  of  the  vi  iieralile 
irenlleiiian  from  Massachiiselts;  and  yet  I  don't 
kiinw  liut  that  this  is  as  irood  an  aru'imiciil  airainst 
the  proposition  hefiin'  IIS  ,v  any  which  has  been 
advanced.  '  1 

Mr.  Chainiiaii,  I    thank  Ci'nd    that  I  came   hero: 
under  lei  such   ma'^nelic    inlliieiii'.  .  suliject   to   l<e 
i:alvani/ed  into  iiosiiive  or  neiMiive  pnsiiiniis  upon  ■ 
this   LM-eat  (|iieslioil  liy  the   in  linn  nf  nlli-'rs.      il  is 
(■ii'Ui::h  for  iiie  to  know  that  my  counlry  calls,  and 
I  ;rii,  rci'arilless  alike  of  those  who  shiill  :ro  with  ; 
inc.  and  of  those  who  sliall  pref  r  to  la^-  liehinil. 

Anntlier  grave  rciison   i;iven  liy  olie   u'aiitli  inan 
why  we  should  not  now  ad  is,'tliat  .lolin   i'liill, 
tlmuLih  an  old  liull,  is  a  very  stout  Imll  at  present.  . 
and  that  we    had    lielle;- wail  iiiilil   he   fills  further 
iiiln  •' the  sere  and  yellow   leaf."     Oli,  my  cnim- 
trynieiil  ha--  it  eniiie  to  tliis.iha'  the  .\iiiirii-aii  peo- 
ple are  to  he  appealed    to  tliroiiL'-li  their  fears;  and  [ 
that,  in  a   righleniis  cause,   wc    iin^   to  await  the  • 
nate.ral  decay  of  our  adversary  hefore  we  dare  as- j 
neri  our  ri^^ht.s  to  our  own   territory  .-     'i'hu  voice  I 


nf  our  people  Piiliiil  It;  and  ihn  liniirs  of  our  an- 
cestry woiilil  rise  ill  jiidLriiient  ii'.'aiiisl  us  should 
we  prove  so  derelict  III  our  duty  to  mir  coiinirv; 
and  the  lii|(,'er  of  scorn — lulter  wiiliering  Ncorn — 
would  lie  piiinleii  at  us  liy  ivery  repiihljcan  on 
(iod's  footstoiil  1 

Alinnsi  every  one  who  lia.s  spoken  agrees  that 
our  litli'  111  ( )ie'j:oii  IS  clear  iiiid  iuii|iieslioiialile;  anil 
llie  niosl  if  the  anti-nolice  men  iNpress  great  anx- 
ielv  to  possess  the  \\  hole  of  It,  and  Wnillil  fun 
make  us  lielieve  tin',  liv  n  fraiiiin;:  I'roiu  giving  the. 
lintice,  time  v.'ould  lie  '.'ained,  and  in  the  mean- 
while our  eiii/eiis  would  cniiiiniie  to  pour  into  the 
coiiiitrv,  and  that  these  private  coiupaiiies  and  f  un- 
tiles would  acconijilisli  that  which  they  in  the 
liinst  despairing  tones  assure  us  the  whole  force 
of  the  people's  Lioveriiiiieiit  cannot  ac  oinplisli — 
namely,  the  evpiilsion  of  the  Hudson  I'ay  Coin- 
paiiv.      I  low  preposlerniis  a  p  silioii  I 

Uefiise  t'l  ;;iM'  this  notice,  sir,  and  who  will  go 
into  lliis  territorv  .'  True,  many  have  gone  there 
in  the  face  nf  our  joint  com  entinn,  treaty  of  jniiil 
occupation,  or  trading''  eoparliiership,  as  u'eutlcinei) 
mav  please  In  call  it;  lull  they  Went  tliire  with  I'lill 
faith,  lielieviiig  that  llieir  ttovi  rnnieiit  would  exteiii! 
to  tlieni  the  prnteciion  whiili  is  line  to  every  .■\iii(r- 
icaii  eiti/en.  ■Siilninnn  says  there  is  a  tune  for  all 
things;  and  now,  sir,  is  the  time  to  give  this  no- 
tice, nr  to  tamely  siilmiil,  cower,  skulk,  shrink, 
spaniel-like,  liel'ore  the  meiiacesi  of  a  delesleil  and 
overlieaiin;:  adversary,  llefiise  to  give  this  notice, 
and  I  ask,  ai;.iin,  who  will  east  their  lot  inOreLTon.' 
I  lerc  an  Knirlisliiiian,  there  an  Ameriean,  and  anon 
an  Indian,  with  as  niaiiv  systems  of  goveriiiiii  nl 
as  lliere  are  individuals.  Why,  sir,  we  would  lie 
verifying,  on  a  lar'ge  scale,  Shakspeare's  idea  of 
the  witches' cauldrnn  in  .Maclieih;  and  if  tlieihvil 
was  not  raised  \>\  su'li  a  iniii'_:liiig  >if  discnrdant 
spirits,  set  nie  ilou  ii  as  a  false  prophet. 

We  are  asked  how  we  expect  to  dlspossi'S.^i  ilm 
Hudson  l!ay  ( 'nm|iany  of  her  pallisade  fnrts  in 
Oregnn  ■  Is  il  pnssilile  ill, it  an  Ann  rican  can  doulit 
iipoii  ;his  point?  Prepare  yourself  and  deniaiid 
tin  ir  sinnnder,  as  |''.tlian  .Mien  did  the  siirreiider 
nfTicondern'^a.  "  in  the  name  iif  llie  (.Jreal  .lelio- 
vali  and  the  ( 'nntiiienlal  ('migress."  And  this  r<;- 
niiiids  me  of  the  sneers  of  some  genlleiiiiii  in  lela- 
lioii  to  what  they  call  niir  "western  doctrine  of 
maiiifesl  desUny."  Do  geiitli'iiieu  rellect  where 
they  place  themselves  liV  these  sil<ers  .'  Do  lliey 
foi'^et  th.it  the  .Savioiudl"  luankind  has  said  that  a 
"  sparrow  shall  not  fall  to  the  ground  w  Ithoiil  your 
I'',iilii'ir""  .\ii(|  yel  we  are  asked,  where  is  the, 
clause  in  .Adam's  will  which  gives  iis  this  territory  r 
.Apart  from  the  '•  linok-title,'' which  is  "clearand 
lllli|Uesliniiali|e."  we  .see  il  \M-ill(ll  ill  letters  of 
living  li'.'hl  in  everyihing  which  surrounds  us — in 
tliat  mercii'id  disjieh.-aiinn.  full  lA'  charity  and  lo\e. 
towards  iln-  f.illin  cliililri  ii  of  .Ndani — nf  a  just  and 
nniliis'ieiil  (iod,  who  h.'is  ufiveii  to  man  that  colli  rnl 
of  llie  eleinenls,  llie  eli'eci  of  wiiicii  is  In  iirilig  the 
reniolesi  parts  of  niir  vast  cniinlry  into  |)rac,tii  al 
propiiKpiily.  The  iron  horse,  (the  strain-car,) 
wiili  the  uiiil;s  nf  the  wind,  his  nostrils  dislemled 
with  /lame,  s  ilamander-like  vomiting  liif^  and 
siii'ike.  treiilMnig  willi  power,  lull  suliiiiissive  In 
the  steel  lurli  imposed  upon  him  liy  llie  hand  <> 
iiiaii,  llies  from  one  end  of  the  eoiiiinenl  to  the 
other  in  less  time  than  our  ancestry  required  to 
\i..il  11  neighboring  eiiy;  while  by   the   luagiiftic 


irs  of  Dili-  (ID- 

ll>t  IIS    sliiiiilil 

"•111-  rdiiiiiry, 
'iiii;;  Ni'iirn — 
■•■|iill)llr,iii  OM 

II  liirri'CN  ilml 
iliiiimlili';  aiiit 
■ss  ijiTiil  aiix- 

I  wi.iiM  Ciin 
"III  1,'iviii!,'  ihn 

II  lllr  iiiruii- 
|">iir  iniii  (he 
iiiiN  ami  tain- 

liny  ill  ilic 
■  will  lie  t'cip'r 

!<•    Cll|l|l||s|| — 

II  Hay  Coiii- 
I 

wlni  will  iji) 
<■  iiuiicf  ilicre 
•cMly  of  joJMt 
as  u'ciillciiKii 
K'l'c  willi  lull 
ivoulil  rxii'iii! 
cvtry  Aiiiir- 

II  liiiif  fur  all 
i^ivc  tins  iiii- 
<ulk,  slniiik, 
(lii(  slid  and 
r  lliis  iKitirc, 
i[  ill  Orcu'^oii  ? 
an,  anil  ininn 

U'l'Vcniiiiiiit 
\f  wuiild  111 
ii-f's  idia  111' 
(I  iriliiMJrvil 
r  (lisciirdaiit 

■J|)I1SS('SS    ilir 

ailr   fiiris  in 

III  r:\u  duiilit 
mil  di'iiKiiid 
ic  surrrnilrr 
( ill  ill  .lilio- 
Aiid  lliis  rc- 
imn  in  nla- 

(liK'Iriiii:  111' 
'llcrl   wiicrn 

■  l)i)  tlicy 
<  said  iliat  a 

itlniiU  yiiiir 

In  r<^  is  llio 
is  leirilory  .' 

"  cloai'and 
II  li'tlcis  nC 
Hills  lis — in 

IV  and  line, 
if  a  just  and 
that  rontriii 
II  ill'ill!^  tin: 
itii  prar.tiial 
strain-i'iir,) 
M  dislriidfd 
^  fii'i!  liiid 
imissivi'  in 
Ih>  liaiid  11 
lint  10  llic 
lerjiiircd  to 
u   mairitt'lio. 


ti  l<'L;i'a|ili  ilif  liirliinin;,'  nl'  lioavni  is  iiiailc!  siilif^cr- 
viciil  III  'III'  \\ill  iit'inaii  in  anniliilatinLr  N|iarr.  In 
Htoriii  and  in  ilarUiii  ^s,  in  tin'  licat  of  a  tnriiil  siiii 
111-  llii:  rliillinir  liLisis  of  a  Sil.i  rian  winliT,  tliis  inys- 
liral  hV'iilliiil  ol  liian'M  inlillii^inri'  s|ii;i.'dn  ilH  iin- 
wiird  uav.  Truly  il  may  I"'  said,  that  witli  tin' 
siii'ial  iniliiiiiri'  of  (lirsi-  two  i,'iial  iiivriilions,  all 
llir  |ii  ojilc  III'  tills  riiiitinrnl  may  lir  inonldril  to  oni' 
mind.  And  wliai  In  ait  ilms  not  liaji  at  llir  vision 
IH'csi  iitril  III'  tliis  '^fial  Irriitoiy  |ii'ii|i|id  liy  onr 
ripnliliran  rainil  v  .'  Woiiid  il  lir  saviiiir  to"  niiirli, 
llial  tin-  nia^iiitir  trli-;ria|ili  may  In'  riiiii|iaii  d , 
wlirli  rXtriiilid,  as  ixlinilrd  il  will  lir,  iivrr  tlii' 
l(  irrili  and  lirradili  ol'  mir  land.  In  tlir  inrvoiis  sys- 
Irin  of  till:  linniaii  liiiily.'  'I'lir  sriisations  ol' its 
rriiioKst  |iiirls  will  vilnatr  n|ion  a  riiniinon  srnso- 
rinin,  roiniiiiiiiii'iilin.r  its  ray  of  inlilliurni'i'  In  a 
riiiniiiiin  niilir,  to  In-  sent  to  all  otliir  [iirlions  ul' 
Hill'  lii'jiiildii'. 

Willi.  lliMi,  shiill  nirasuri'  liic  limits  of  a  I'lmrrd- 
cnii'v  of  Si  ilrs  likr  ours  •  Willi,  tlnii,  shall  |ii  r- 
|iilriiti'  tlial  iilinost  mn'rilcijious  ini|iiilali'iii  ii|"iii 
llir  liirny  111'  llravrn,  iiliil  say  that  tin  lilissiiii;s 
I  if  this  rnion  an'  s|iriailin','  too  far  -  What,  thin, 
will  III  Toiiii' of  till'  iry  that  w<'  do  not  wanlOii'- 
;riin,  lii'i'iiiisr  of  lis  L'rial  disiann-  •  ]  low  aL'nralilr 
tlir  vision  of  Stair  afirr  Stair  roiniiii^  into  this 
•rrral  |riii|i|i' of  fn  rilom,  and  Imrnini;  tinir  inrinsi' 
ii|ion  all  altar  ronsrria'i  il  in  tlir  i  iijiiyini-iit  of  civil 
and  ri'liuioiis  liluriy. 

'I'hi' I'ry  of  soiiir  is  that  wr  arc  not  |iri'i>aiid', 
and  soiiir  [ji'iillrnn  li>  ilidr|irrcatini:  i  iir  wi  akinss, 
and  in  ('ulo'ii/in:;  t\\v  I'naiiii'.-is  of  Enu'lainl's 
|in\\cr,  liavr.  111  my  liiinilili'  o|iiiiiiin,  madi'  s|Mirli- 
rs  nnirh  IhIIi  r  siiiti  d  to  thi'  Inii'^itiidi-  of  \\  rst- 
iniii-itir  Hall  than  to  that  ofihi'  tloor  ol' ilir  .Annr- 
icaii  lloiisfiif  IJi  inrsiniallvi  s.  I  assirl  lio!ill\-, 
;oiil  willioiit  frar  of  ronliailirlion,  that  wi' an  now 
111  ttrr  |iir|iari'd  to  \\.\\sr  a  snrri'ssfiil  war  than  il 
\\{-  hid  111  rn  frillrrin^  away  onr  sulislan  r  iliirin;!: 
ihi'  loll','  piriod  which  lias  inirrvcind  siiici'  thr 
trialy  of  Uhciil,  in  krc|iiiiy  alloat  an  iinnicnsi 
navy,  and  a  ijrral  and  s|ili'inlid  military  i  slaMi.'-h- 
niiiil.  Whv,  sir,  it  can  he  rslaldishcd — I  ini'^ht 
almost  sav  malhiinatirally — that  by  hnsliandiii'j; 
onr  means,  we  a'jLni'.'ale  onr  ea|iacity  for  any 
enier^'eiicy;  and  wlnii  that  einiri;eni'y  arises,  that 
this  pre|iaralion  in  time  of  piaee,  consiiiiili  s  ihe 
liest,  the  stroii'list.  and  most  iclialile  fonndalion 
for  ell'cclive  iinlitary  defensive  iiiiJ  a'."_'ri'ssive  opi  r- 
atimis. 

Let  the  shrill  liii'.rle-ldasl  lireak  upon  onr  ears, 
and  from  the  nioiiiilain  side,  and  valley's  depiii, 
prairie  and  wood,  as  if  touched  hy  the  h mil  of 
iiiM'^nc,  you  will  see  the  Irue  sons  of  C'olumhiii 
sprni'^ini;  rrspnnsive  to  their  eoiinlry's  call.  The 
slirill  whistle  of  the  Scottish  ehieflam  never  ealleii 
as  ready  anil  as  d'ti  rnnneil  a  elan  around  his 
slanilaril,  n.s  would  rally  under  the  ()re;;oii  h.unier. 
The  people,  the  'j:rei',t  masses,  those  whose  servants 
Ul-  aie.  aiiil  mIihm'  nrdi  rs  the  :;(iiius  of  our  ilisli- 
tiitions  diMiiands  that  we  slioiild  ohev,  are  lieaviii'/. 
1  inii^'ht  sav,  like  the  waves  of  that  i;real  ocean,  ii 
whose  coiifmes  they  demand  the  extension  of  the 
American  repnhlie.  And,  sir,  as  wave  afier  wave 
of  piililie  opinion  enhninales  and  lireaks  into  foam, 
when  I  look'  around  me  and  see  the  daii'zer  into 
which  some  i^entlemeii  here  have  placid  ihiiii- 
selves  of  heinir  eni;ulted  •■viid  hnriid  deeii,  diep  be- 
neath the  turrid  waters,  1  v.'oiild  waniUiviii,  wliilc 


iliere  is  yet  time,  to  spriii;;  nlioaril  the  ark  of  po- 
lille.il  .--afi  ly. 

('aniite  was  so  ixallnl  by  the  (lattery  nf  lijri 
ciiiirlii  rs  ihat  he  foohslily  lielieMil  that  In:  eoiild, 
by  Ins  lordly  coiiilliand,  slay  the  wavex  of  the  si  a, 
and  i  id  them,  *■  ijius  far  .sfialt  llniii  eome,  and  no 
f.uther." 

As  well  nii::iil  you  alK'nipt  to  roll  back  the  tidal 
waM'  of  the  i;reat  I'neifie  neeaii,  a.s  it  conn  s  tliim- 
ileriii^  oilthc  eoa"l  of  the  On  u:on,  as  to  sla  v  thi.i 
Lne.it  inoveineiil,  this  |ini;riessive  movement,  if  ymi 
pli  ase,  nf  the  Aimrii  an   millions:  anil  as  a  I'm  nd, 

I  wiiiild  here  warn  the  "( ■aiinles"  of  this  llniise 
to  east  their  eyes  npnii  laiid  befnrr  llie  waves  shall 
dash  with  spray  their  chariot  w  heels. 

<<real  I'.ritam  finndcd  her  (irs!  preleni-inns  to 
ihe  iiiirthwest  coast  in  an  oiilniiji  o'ls  allack  upon 
the  ri'^hts  nf  Sjiaiii;  and,  taknr.;  ailvaiila'j^e  nf  her 
WI  akiiiss,  l.leediii'j-  fnnii  ihe  i  llicis  nf  a  ills  iflUons 
war,  she,  under  ihe  lash  nf  her  snp'  rinr  power, 
extort!  il  from  .Spam  iiie  .Nmiika  s.nnid  eoiiveniion, 
as  the  iie.iiy  is  calliil,  iipim  which  hi  r  main  reli- 
ance is  placed  III  Inr  claim  to  the  ()n<;iiii  lerniorv. 
The  valiii'  of  this  claim,  even  in  the  ey,  s  (i|"/i'ii- 
iiicii  sliilismi I),  is  shown  by  one  of  my  ciilleav'iie.s 
|.Mi.  (Iv.i;x|  to  Ul-  such  a.^  to  jnslify  the  cliarw 
that  she  has  been  uinliy  nf  the 'inuKi' uiiiiiili:,'af'il 
rap.ii'iiy  in  the  ass-rliiai  of  her  claims  to  lerriiory 
in  all  ti:  r  III  L'oliatiniis  with  us.  And  it  n  iiiains  to 
be  se<  II  if  Ann  ricaii  fn'enieii  will  ii'.'ne  to  be  de- 
spoiled willi  the  tame  Mibinission  of  tin' eircminale 
.Spanianl.  Hers  is  the  mbber's  title,  and  thus  it 
has  ever  been  with  h,  r.  This  viuinied  einle  of 
iJriiish  iiniiiary  posts,  wliili  some  u'lnilitiien  have 
briiierht  in  r<  vn  w  befon'  ii--,  with  a  view  "to  friL'ht- 
111  IIS  fnnn  our  pnipri' ly."  are  hut  niMinimenis  of 
her  ia|iacily  and  lost  of  pnwer. 

I  She  yei  lacks  niii  link  in  the  ch.iin  which  is  des- 
lincd,  if  .secured,  to  hind  the  world  in  Inrcommer- 
ii:il  letters.  TJi  it  link  is  the  k'-y  to  the  I'lciljc, 
wa:ihin:r.  as  it  dues,  the  slmns  of  Imih  i;;n-at  eoii- 
tiiii  Ills;  and  the  contmand  nf  iliis  ocean  is  hers,  and 

:  liir.s  alone,  if  she  is  permitted  to  occnpv"  tin  liar- 
Imrs  which  she  has  siiiilionsly  elaiiiii  il  in  cm  ly 
pnillcrof  settlement  which  she  has  made  nf  thin 
ipn  slioii.  Il  n'mains-  in  be  y.rrn  w  hellier  the  cow- 
aiiiicc  nf  ihc  descendants  of  the  men  of  i'.iinlcer's 

I I  ill.  and  of  those  L'.,illant  spiriis  who  eiiaf|iiireil  in 
onr  war  of  the  Kexoluiinn,  and  of  mir  si  cnnd  in- 
depi  ndence,  shall   permit   her  to  i;rasp  il.      I  blush 

'  at  the  bare  sni;_'cslinn  nf  the  pn.-siliihi  v. 

'  Mr.  (  hairmin.  it  camiot,it  will  iioi".  it  .>:h:ill  iini 
be!  1  have  no  di.-^nises  as  to  my  opininn  of  our 
riirhl-  Iain  'atisfnd  ih;u  it  extends  in  ."(l-* 4(1':  and 
the  niily  :'hadoW  of  rlijlit  which  I'aii;laiiil  has,  is 
based  upon  tin-  ilis.  ivery  id'  the  head  waters  of 
Frazer's  river,  in  the  extn  nie  northern  part  of  thisi 
coimiry :  bin  this  she  is  precluded  fnnn  by  In-row  ii 
withdraw  d  of  all  claim  e\ce|,|  ihal  based  upon  the 
Nnotka  conveiilion.  w  liieli  has  been  fiill\-  shown  to 
i^ive  hnr  il.i  ti  riitniial  ri:,'hls  w  hale\er. 

I  n'L'i-et  iliat  the  siinalion  in  which  Mr.  I'nlk  M" 
I'liiiid  lliis  i|ni-j|inn,  traiiinirlled  by  onr  treaties  of 
l^lr*  and  j^'JT,  as  well  as  the  many  previous  ofl'irs 
ol'niir  (iovenim.'iit,  iiuich,  very  miicli  more  favora- 
ble to  Cinat  Urilain  ihan  the  one  recently  made,  and 
which  admis:aons  had  been  coiisirned' in  the  even 
of  the  civilized  world  into  evidence  of  I'rilisli  title, 

;  induceii  him,  or  rer|uin'il  him.  In  make  that  oll'er. 

i  J)y  niakin-  it,  i:ov;ever,  !ic  lias  uhov.'ii  to  e.lj  the 


imticiiis  (if  ihc  (mill  ili(^  stroiiijCNl  ovidcncc  wliidi         I  iiin  jiroiid  in  (Icrl.irr  to  ymi.sir, nnil  di  tli(-  rfp- 

can  111'  ri'(|iiii'i'il  kI'ii  (li.s|i()Miti(iii  Cii  aiiiii'al)ly  ikIIiinI  i-i'!ii'iitiiliv<  s  iif  llic  iiiitlnn,  lliitt  in  Indi.inii,  lit  Ic'txt, 
tIliM  v<'X(  (I  (iiic-'lKin.                                                          I  when  n  (|iHMlii)n  iif  niilioiiiil  liniKir  is  pn  sciilcd,  the 

I  iciciicT  ihiii  r.iiL'liindhiisrcl'iisi'd  it.    Murrovfr,  liinN  of  |iiirly  arc    lirokcii   us    the   nIcikIi  r  wcIih 

hIic  lia.s  (liinc  ii  in  Midi  a  UMv  ll^  Ic  iiinic,  ill  ai  li  mmI  wliicli   cross  i  lie  |mili  on  ii  Niimnn  t'n  day.     Let 

llic  distiiil  w  lii(  li  I  liavc  tlu;  iioinii'  I  >  npn  I'ciil,  llii;  an  ii|i|i('al  lie  inadi'  to  us  in  .-(iiiiiiorl  of  our  national 

fjicai  lisidy  of  iIk  Wiiii;  parly  Willi  my  l)(  iiiiicralic  honor,  and  «••  at  once  resolve  oursi  Ivcs  hack  iiitn 

friends,  in  Misiaiuinu:  nie  in  goiii;^'  the  wliidc  Uiigili  onrori:;inal  tltnieiitsi — the  Uci>ublicaii3  and  Wliii'a 

ill  the  »up|iort  of  our  title.  of  'Hi. 


nii(|  III  till-  rrp- 

lli.lllll,  l\t  IcMHl, 
i|ir(.s(:iiti'(l,l|ic 
Mlciidcr  wcliM 
t'n  (lay.  Lit 
Kl'iilir  iialioiiiil 
Ives  liacli  iiiln 
1113  1111(1  Whi.'a 


